On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894
On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
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Just the Series: Little House Books   

Series and Publisher: Little House Books   

Annotation: Describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #4690560
Format: Paperback
Word Count: 18,505
Reading Level: 5.3
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 3.0 / quiz: 5033 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:5.1 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q08632
Lexile: 900L
Guided Reading Level: S
Fountas & Pinnell: S

A detailed diary from the author of the beloved Little House series, chronicling her journey with her family from South Dakota to Missouri. 

In 1894, Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, packed their belongings into their covered wagon and set out on a journey from De Smet, South Dakota, to Mansfield, Missouri. They heard that the soil there was rich and the crops were bountiful—it was even called "the Land of the Big Red Apple." With hopes of beginning a new life, the Wilders made their way to the Ozarks of Missouri.

During their journey, Laura kept a detailed diary of events: the cities they passed through, the travelers they encountered on the way, the changing countryside and the trials of an often difficult voyage. Laura's words, preserved in this book, are a fascinating account of life and travel at the turn of the twentieth century, and reveal Laura’s inner thoughts as she traveled with her family in search of a new home in Mansfield, where Laura would write her Little House books.

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